Harvey Goldsmith

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Address: 5th Floor Langham House 308 Regent Street London W1B 3AT

Country: United Kingdom

Official Website: http://www.harveygoldsmith.com

Telephone Number: 020 7224 1992

Clients: Cirque Du Soleil, Big Mountain, The Buggles, Jeff Beck, Roger Daltrey, Jools Holland

About Company

 

Harvey Goldsmith began his career in the Entertainment Industry in 1966.

In 1973 he formed Artiste Management Productions Limited to produce and manage Artists in the Music Industry.

In 1976 Harvey Goldsmith Entertainments Limited was formed which became the UK’s leading Promoter of Concerts and Events.

In 1985 Harvey Goldsmith produced Live Aid with Sir Bob Geldof, which raised £140 million for the starving in Africa.

Harvey Goldsmith joined the Princes Trust in 1982 and produced the first Princes Trust Rock Gala. Harvey then became a member of the Princes Trust Board and Vice Chairman of Princes Trust Trading Limited.

In 1990 Harvey produced the first of three major Arena Opera productions – Aida, Carmen and Tosca.

In 1991 Harvey produced Pavarotti in Hyde Park, which was the first concert in 20 years to be held in Hyde Park.

In 1995 Harvey produced the MasterCard Masters of Music show in Hyde Park, which raised £1 million for the Princes Trust.

In 1995 Harvey joined the Red Cross Communications Board producing Pavarotti and Friends and Explosive Dance both at The Royal Albert Hall.

In 1996 Harvey was honoured with a CBE in the Queen’s birthday Honours List in recognition of his work in the entertainments business.

Harvey Goldsmith has produced and promoted shows with most of the world’s major Artists including The Rolling Stones, The Who, Bruce Springsteen, The Eagles, Sheryl Crow, Shania Twain, Bee Gees, Jools Holland and Sting to name but a few.

In 1999 Harvey produced Net Aid the largest awareness campaign for Extreme Poverty for the United Nations Development Program and Cisco Systems.

In November 2000 Harvey produced the first Teenage Cancer Trust event at the Royal Albert Hall with The Who and guests raising over £1 million for the charity.

In summer 2001 Harvey was hired by Safeway Stores to present Pavarotti, Charlotte Church, Vanessa Mae and Russell Watson in Hyde Park.

In October Harvey produced Unite For The Future at The Old Vic raising $1 million for victims of the World Trade Centre Disaster and their families living in the UK.

In February 2002 Harvey promoted five more shows for the Teenage Cancer Trust with Marti Pellow, Oasis, The Who and Paul Weller at The Royal Albert Hall raising £500,000 for the Teenage Cancer Trust.

In June 2002 he followed the Safeway event with another hugely successful show featuring Rod Stewart, Diana Ross, Shirley Bassey, Ronan Keating and Gabrielle.

In October 2002 Harvey promoted Bruce Springsteen at Wembley Arena, the tickets for this show sold out in 40 minutes making it one of his most successful yet. This was followed by three sell out stadium shows in May 2003.

In March 2003 Harvey and Roger Daltrey co-produced another run of shows at the Royal Albert Hall raising money for Teenage Cancer Trust with six nights featuring Richard Hawley, Coldplay, Nigel Kennedy, Eric Clapton, Richard Ashcroft, Noel & Liam Gallagher, Paul Weller, Ash, Asian Dub Foundation, Supergrass, Doves, Madness and Aswad.

In August 2003 Harvey produced Fly To The Past, an historic revival and flight display at Blenheim Palace. Based on the success of this unique event plans are underway to make this a biannual event.

In August 2003 Harvey produced for the Mayor of London the inaugural concert of the renovated Trafalgar Square with David Gray and five guest artists.

Harvey currently produces an annual 32-city tour for Jools Holland and is currently working with artists such as The Who, Bruce Springsteen and David Gilmour.

Harvey has also created and produced The Smash Hits Poll Winners Party and The Disney Kids Awards.

In 1994 Harvey commenced a relationship with Cirque du Soleil. This has been one of most successful shows ever to perform in the UK. Returning to London’s Royal Albert Hall every January to date, the show is seen by around 183,000 people and sells to around 98% of capacity. In 2005 Harvey managed the show in London, Birmingham and Manchester, which marked a first time in Europe for Cirque in having two different productions in the same Country.

April 2004 saw another successful run of the Teenage Cancer Trust Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall.

In May 2004 Sting sold out a run of six nights at the Royal Albert Hall.

On July 6th 2004 Harvey produced for the Crown Estate and Westminster Council the first ever parade of Formula One cars in the centre of the West End- Regent St. Over 500,000 people attended this event. Regent St. was transformed into a 3 KM. Circuit and the top eight Formula One cars and drivers each completed a circuit.

Harvey is also a consultant to Anschutz Entertainment Group on the re-development of the Dome. This will be a new entertainment district with a 24,000 capacity arena as its centrepiece.

In December 2004 Luciano Pavarotti appointed Harvey to be the worldwide producer of his Farewell Tour. To date 37 sold out concerts have taken place. Using Harvey’s worldwide contacts and associates; The Tour has spanned six continents performing in North America, South America, Europe, Middle East, Asia and Australasia.

In May 2005 the Band Aid Trust asked Harvey to produce Live 8 worldwide. The event took place on July 2 2005 and presented the biggest collection of artists (225) all on one day in eight locations around the world. In addition to the Hyde Park concert in London, Harvey also executively produced Paris, Berlin, Rome and Philadelphia. The TV coverage set world records with 160 TV networks around the world showing the event live, plus 400 radio stations. In addition Harvey secured the partnership of AOL and Nokia. AOL’s coverage of the five key events were ground breaking and have become a benchmark for global events.

Harvey is passionate about promoting London as The Greatest City In The World. Harvey became a director of the London Tourist Board and was part of the group which transformed LTB in to Visit London. Harvey is currently a member of the Mayor’s Tourism Advisory Group.

In January 2006 Harvey was awarded the Chevalier des Artes et Lettres from the French Minister of culture. Harvey is currently chairing the British Music Experience to be built at the new O2 Dome in Greenwich with AEG and the BPI.

In October 2006 Harvey was honoured with the 15th Music Industry Trust’s Award (MITS), one of the highest accolades to be awarded in the music industry, in recognition of his contribution to the music industry.

Harvey is Chairman of Ignition, an Experiential Marketing Company, who are industry leaders in brand activations at events all over the world. Ignition was the winner of the 2006 Field Marketing and Brand Experience award.

Harvey is currently presenting the fantastic dance spectacular The Merchants Of Bollywood; the first ever Bollywood production to tour straight from Film City in Mumbai. The show is currently touring the UK and will open at London’s Hammersmith Apollo on 21st December 2006, followed by a six month tour of Europe in 2007.

In November 2006 Harvey produced the UK Arena dates of Bruce Springsteen’s sell-out tour with the Seeger Sessions band.

Harvey is Executive Producer of Nokia New Years Eve 2006, which will see five concerts run simultaneously in Hong Kong, Mumbai, Berlin, New York and Rio. The concerts will be broadcast live across the globe and mark the biggest ever New Years Eve Music extravaganza, featuring Black Eyed Peas, John Legend, Nelly Furtado, Scissor Sisters and many more.

Harvey Goldsmith CBE
November 2006